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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
Sulliyanism in South Butte.

Last evening as the darkening shades OF
night were falling Ger our usually peaceful
burg an incident occurred which broke the
stiffness of the evening and made all com
motion for a short time. Two of South
Butte's most popular dudes we're arguing
upon questions pertaining to the places OF
birth of each. The debate became heated
and words ran at random, when Mr.. A.
Slocum Leach, of Saltwater, MIMI, madea
remark which Mr.C.C Caleb Donnelly thought
was unbecoming "a dude" and gentleman
and replied in words more emphatic than
polite. whereupon they decided to settle the
difficulty" by dueling a la Sullivan. They
repalred to the open space opposite the
Northwestern Hotel, between McQueeney's
and Speckart & Co.'s warehouses, each
armed with a second ard time keeper.
Round &c. Caleb Dopnelly led out with
a terrific right handler. which buried itself in
A. Slocum Leache's right optic. This did
not seem exactly yentlemanly to Mr.. L.. 30
he let out with his left hand and gently,
but solidly convinced MIR. D. that his nose
is too large. Time called and the men went
to their corners.
Round 2-Opened with some sparring,
which was epiritnd. Then Mr.. A. Slocum
Leach PUSHES the fight, C.. Caleb Donpelly
clinches and they both GOODWIN. where they
wipgle awhile, then Mr.. G. Caleb Donnelly,
up an appetite on the exertion, con-
cludes to make a meal of Mr.. A. Slocum's
ear, whereupon foul is claimed, and while
in each others loving embrace, with moth
ing but mother earth for a bed and the
starry sky for a blanket, they swear they |
will abandon the bloody arena of the pugii-
list and henceforth be friends. They re. |
paired to the hotel after washing and
were drank to Saltwater, MINI.
and Ills.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
HE WILL RUN.

A Republican exchange emphatically de
clares that Mr.. Blaine will not, since Logan
is dead, become a candidate for the Presi.
dency in 1888. We fail to see how the
demise OF the Illinois senator would stand
in the way of his accepting the nomination,
The disclaimer is in a line with that polite
modesty OF which Mr.. Blaine, as an old
and artful politician, well understands the
value. To avow his candidacy now would
be highly imprudent. 1t would give Sher-
man and his other rivals a fair excuse for
doing and saying some things which, as it
is, they have nc justification for saying and
doing. Nevertheless, Mr.. Blaine's personal
activity during the recent canvass is not to
be explained except on the assumption
that he has a very strong foreboding that
he will be before the people again two years
hence. As matters o stand he has the
whip hand Of all his competitors for the
Republican nomination. Sherman'e boom
is not healthy. Logan is out of the way.
New names may come up, it is true. There
is quite an indefinite amount of Republican
Presidential timber lying around loose, but
Republican i%nfatuation for Blaineis just as
great now as it was two years ago. This
fact has not escaped his attention, and the
brilliant, neryy and audacious politician is
doing his best to prolsDg the sentiment.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

least nix years at q ratio OF 16 to 1. Thu
| certificates. small and large, would repre-
rent this coined silver in the actual circu'
lation of the country. As the paper certif'
4 Gates have all the elements of convenience
that pertain to national bank notes OF
greenbacks, and are even more secure than
the national bank issues, it is easy to for
see the popularity OF the proposed change,
which is now largely favored by the banks
themselves a. a solution of the impending
crisis in the currency OF the country.
1t would give to business the gold and
silver Of the constitution, and paper based
On COIN"
And another element drops in here to alb
sorb our silver. The ratio Of gold to silver
in Europe is from fifteen to ffteen.and-a.
half to one, while in the United States it il
sixteen to one. Should Europe, or any oil
it's leading nations, open the mints to sill
yer on an equality with gold, q premium OF
stock Of American dollars, and they would
doubtless be largely exported for Use
abroad. This might lead to the adoption
of common ratio, a point which the true
friends of bi-metallism have long kept in
view. In anyevent, and in spite Of the dis
NAL croakings of the treasury officials, the
outlook for silver was never better than it
is to-day. The light in the East grows
stronger. It will dispel in time the official
darkness that aims to cloud silver in the
capital of the nation.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
F~OOLISHNESS.

II the people OF Dakota were opposed to
the admission OF their Territory - q State
they could pursue no course better thar
the one they are now pursuing to kesp it
out. The northern and southern portions
of the Territory want to come in as North
and South Dakota. There are Others
again who favor declaring the Territory as
a State whether Congress is willing or not.
They recently met at Huron, and this is
what the Bismarck Tribune said about
their convention: 1.-The State movement
the constitutional convention, ]egisla-
lure, ~etc.-which has been ~inaugurated in
South Dakota, either means something or
nothing. II it means something it is about
time something was done, and ii it means
nothing. then it is accomplishing its
mission in very good style. If it is the
intention to set up a State Govern
ment in defiance OF Congress, then there
has been fooling enough about the matter,
and as long as the intent is manifest Con.
gress will not be thankful for delay. The
quicker the issue is made and the matter
settled, the better. A number Of good citi-
zens OF Dakota have taken an oath to sup
port the constitution of the United States
and the constitution of the state OF Dako-
ia. These same men-sixteen OF them
will soon be called upon to take an oath to
support the constitution OF the United
States and the constitution Of the territory
OF Dakota. There is a great difference be-
tween the two oaths, and one or the other
must be broken. If the recent meeting at
Huron can be taken as q criterion, then the
people of the south consider the present
state movement as OF no further force
or effect. The State Legislature was
called to go ahead with self-government, ,
but not enough interest or faith in the
was taken to bring out a quo
UNI. By their inactivity in the Huron
gathering these members OF both the Terri
torial and the State legislatures have pre-.
a serious dilemma. and their oath
TO support the Territorial Government
ought to be taken in good faith when adj
ninistered at the convention of the ~legisla-
lure at Bismarck on the 18th of next |
These men have put themselves in a
'omewhat embarrassing position. They
ire members of the Territorial legislature
md of the so-called Estate" legislature.
have taken an oath to support the
OF the one and they must take
n oath to support the organic act OF the
'tber. And yet these people are growing
md kicking because the Congress Of the
United States do not admit their Territory
IS a State when they have shown such
DOR evidence Of their ability to govern
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
o BYE SCHILLlNG.

Schilling was once a coachman: he il now
a marine. The world has heard all abopt
how Victoria Morosini, the daughter of a
wealthy New Yorker, fell in love with her
fathers coachman and ran away with him
and got married. The old folks didn't
forgive end call them home with a blessing.
and the gentle Victoria became sad and the
Adonis. like: Ernest got drunk. Sadness and
bad whisky knocked out all the romance
from the silly pair and life become a weary
burden to the young wife. While Schilino
guzzled his whiskey Victoria wept like a
Niobe, and where once she loved she hated.
Pater families o steps in and settles
Schilling and the matter. The t~ippline
son-in-law is gotten beastly drunk, in
which condition he is taken to a recruiting
Office and persuaded to enlist in the United
States marine corps for a term OF five
years. That cooks Schilling's prospects for
the future, for it is we'll known when once
in the service there is no cscape far q
recruit.
With Schilling thus changhied the daueh.
ter-the gentle Victoria-is a part of the
family again. They will re-enter society
immediately; the coachman will be forgot.
ten in the marine; a divorce will be quietly
arranged and ont OF these fine DAYS the
world will again hear that the beautiful
daughter Of the wealthy Morosini is mar.
rled. Such is the power OF money. Heir.
esses, lot your fathers coachmen alone,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
MAJOR MAGINNIS.

1t is stated upon the authority of a
Washington City correspondent that Maio,
Maginnis INDUCED in some rather emphatic
remarks when the appointment OF Leslie
was brought to his ears. It nay be, or it
may not be so. The MINER is inclined ia
think there is nothing in the story. Major
Maginnis is a man OF too much good sense
to make use publicly OF Incorporate ex.
p%resslons over such a t%rifling matter. An
appointment as Governor of Montana
could add no new laurels to the brow OF
Major Maginnis. His twelve years faith
full service as delegate to Congress gave him
a place in the hearts OF the people of the
Territory which no other honor that may
be conferred upon him can render more &C.
cure. Major Maginnis is Of the people and
belongs to the people. His years OF earn
est, effective labor in their behalf is not for
gotten, and the time may come in the near
future. when the people may have an op
p%ortunity to emphasize their continued
confidence in and respect for him.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

The Philadelphia Tocsin, which was
started several years ago as a mouthpiece
for the Knight Of Labor, in a recent issue
makes the declaration that 1T is useless to
longer conceal the fact that there is about
to begin a warfare in this country between
the two powerful arms of the labor move
ment-the Trades Unions and the Knights
OF Labor-for the Columbus Convention
practically settled that matter" The
editor OF the Tocsin belongs to the order
and should know whereof he speaks. It
may not be a pleasant matter for the
order to contemplate, but it will be ad.
mitted that the recent action of the Chicago
Knights in rebelling against Powderly's
order, and the more recent manifesto of
the Philadelphia Trades Union in which
they declare that if charters be denied
them they will withdraw from the order,
point to a warfare "between the two pow
erful arms OF the labor movement"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
THE REAGAN BILL.

Although the compromise interstate
transportation bill was laid aside in the
Senate a week ago last Tuesday until next
year, on the motion OF a member who was
friendly to it, it has been a noticeable fact
Tor more than ten years that next year,
has always been the time when the Senate
was to take up this question and sit it out.
Thus the present postponement, though
made at the request OF an ostensible
friend OF the measure, is exactly in keeping
with the record which the Senate has made
in the past.
The compromise bill now pending in both
houses has drawn to the capital the lar.
gest railroad lobby seen there in many
years. That lobby has been active enough
in circulating preposterous stories concern.
ing the effects that the act would have
upon business if passed and it is altogether
probable that when 1887 shall have ar.
rived n great many members will been
converted to the opinion that next year,
is still the proper time to discuss aud act
upon the bill.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
A Deserved Compliment.

The Ogden News thus speaks OF the Hon.
D. H. Peery, Mayor of hat town: "Our
present Mayor is one of the best Mayors
Ogden City ever had. Unlike the majority
of Mormon o~fice-holders he does not
claim al Office as a heritage neither does
he seek it. After an honorable career of
ten years in the Utah Legislature he re-
signed of his own free choice. AS President
of this Weber Stake of Zion he did the
same thing rather than break the laws of
his country and become an abject Mormon
slave"
The reporter adds to these deserved
words this: Mayor Peery is an old soldier,
reared in q land where men are taught
that honesty and true courage
are the crow Jewels of manhood,
who would scorn to do a mean
thing and is too strong to do a
weak m In his luxurious home-the
accumulation of his own industry-sur-
rounded by his family Of wife and lovely
children, some beyond and others ready
to step across the threshold OF their major
ity, he can now enjoy. as he deserves to
ebjov, the comforts of a ripe period OF life
and rest from the activities of earlier
years when ha was hewing his way through
the difficulties and uncertainties OF a then
unknown land. Ogden might easily get a
worse chief magistrate than d. H. Peery.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
"Pat MahOney is a Brick"

"As a brieklayer, Pat Mahoney is q
real brick, ." said q business man of Butte
yesterday. "He has worked for me or
several occasions. and he is not only 8
tasty man in his trade, but he is an artist
and what is better yet, he is a pelfecti!
reliable artist. He never sights his work
and seems to take pride in seeing thai
every job he turns off is a frst-class job
No higher compliment could be paid to
any man in any calling, trade or profession
Mr.. Mahoney is a safe man because he il
sober and industrious and his word that
he will properly do a piece OF work is af
good as a Bank OF England note. He con
tracts for-all sorts of brick work from a
mansion to underpinning q hen-coop,
and does all well. Persons needing such
work or any sort of brick jobbing work
will serve their own interests by first con.
sultiny Pat MahoneY.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

Reports of the rapid arming OF Germany
and France, and OF extraordinary activity
in the military circles Of Italy, assume q
serious aspect. 1t is said the state manu-
factories Of arms are being worked to their
utmost capacity throughout France, while
Germany has sent heavy achievements
to Alsace and Lorraine. These facts, con-
sidered in connection with the recent
speeches of the government representatives
in the Reichstag, indicate that the present
war talk means something more than the
periodic predictions Of Il collision between
France and Germany to which we have
become accustomed. Similar activity
which is reported from Austria tends to
confirm the serious aspects OF tie situation,
The new year may prove n bloody one for
Europe.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
A REPREHENSIBLE ACT,
Showing How Careful Scribblers
Should be When They Write
to N~eWSnaners.

There is lying before the reporter a letter
to THE MINER, written from Denver, Colo
RADIO, asking Information of a certain event
said to have taken place in the Big Hole
Basin. A young man, w. C. Stery, is said
to have had a shooting scrape with three
horse thieves, killing one and wounding the
other two. but that he died 4 or 5 hours
after. His father is greatly disturbed and
anxious to know the facts. The news of
this affair was sent to the Rocky Mountain
News by an anonymous writer"
This letter is signed by Mrs. C. H. Freid-
rich, a respectable citizen. OF Denver. The
reporter has made diligent inquiry, and for
the information of the distressed father"is
pleased to state that the whole matter an.
pears to nave been a whole-cloth falsehood.
No such occurrence is known of hereabout
so lar as can be ascertained. The fact of
such "affairs" being sent to SO respectable
a journal as the News is as reprehensible as
it is strange that hat paper should pub
lish it with no better authority than IAN
anonymous writer. And il the News
that it has been deceived, it will
doubtless, il it succeeds in finding the
name, give him a little public air.
ing that will serve him advantageously
hereafter. Nobody knows how much that
old father has needlessly suffered by the
thoughtless, perhaps malicious action oil
some untrusty man.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

II there is a time when an honest m,,
wishes that the old-time pillory and tn,
good old-fashioned cat-o'-nine-tails wer,
still in use it is when Il woman beater i.
unearthed and brought to light. These cases
are becoming altogether too frequent in
some portions of the westfor the we'll .beins
OF society and the comfort OF the uncom.
planning wives. The incoming legislature
would do a good act by passing DR.. Nit,
chelrs bill for the punishment OF woman
beatere,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

According to The MINER dispatches Lord
harrington seems to be the god OF the dis
mayed Tories. If he will only come to the
rescue he can be Premier, and Salisbury
will :neekly take second place. To this hui
initiation has the English ~domineerine cabi.
net OF repression come. Randy" ha.
brought it all about by rssiguing, and now
his enemies say that he is fit only for a
sensation. II that be so it must be admit.
ted ne has succeeded in making q big one
this time.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

The Pinkertons are doing good work in
unearthing the St. Louis express robbers
and recovering the stolen money, $40, 600
OF the 100000 having been recovered.
Through the thorough organization of the
Pinkertons, and resources, by reason Of
their number, they seldom fail in workins
up a case, no matter how complicated it
may be. When c on the trail OF a
criminal they pursue it with the unerrine
certainty Of a sleuth hound until he fills
into their clutches.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

Speaking of Virgins the San Francisco
Chronicle says he dies hard, and adds: "He
has recently written a letter to the St.
Louis Globe-D Democrat in which he at.
tempts to reply to some slashing criticism
OF Richard A. Proctor. In it he declares
that Newton knew very little about crawl
tation or other planetary problems. Proc.
tor, he says, has treated him so discourse
ously that he declines to further handy
words with him. Meanwhile he once more
assures the public that he is the only trust
worthy prophet OF the cyclone, the blizzard
and the earthquake, and hence we may ex-
pect very 500 another OF his blood-curd-
ling and marrow freezing prophecies"
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

The remains OF Senator Logan will be
taken to the rotunda Of the Capitol build
ing in Washington to-day. Tomorrow the
funeral ceremonies will be conducted in the
Senate Chamber and the remains be escor.
ted to Rock Creek Cemetery, where they
will lie until their final resting place shall
be selected. The civic and military organi.
nations OF Washington will follow the re-
mains to the cemetery, which, with delega-
tions from the outside, will swell the
funeral to immense proportions.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
C NEWS T

A'uA SANSI Oc2s
Tax notices to-day.
Police court quiet yesterday.
Last nights Eastern Star ball was an
enjoyable affair.
Mrs. Sunderland's restaurant opens to.
night. See lad"
Mrs. Homer Smith has been quite indis
posed since Christmas.
Helena's Xmas police record is black az
midnight compared with Butte's.
Nine cattle were killed by one Utah &
Northern train during one trip recently.
Judge Mead, of Dillon, was presented
with q fine cane, by the Masons Xmas
night.
The Montana Democrat is dead. OF its
remains Weisenflue will try to make q
Bitter Root Farmer.
E. o. Railstack, OF the Helena CONNER.
cial College, is in the city in attendance on
the Teachers Institute.
Maggie Foley tried to suicide Xmas
night in Helena, but the morphine was de.
feated and she will get well.
Harry r. Comfy wishes to be appointed
a judge for Montana in place OF Justice
Wade.
Mr.. Lockwood received two car loads Of
nice Washington Territory hogs yesterday
for slaughter.
Delegate Toole has introduced a bill for
g refinery OF gold and silver bullion at the
Helena Assay Office.
Bets are being made about town that
Montana will be admitted to Statehood
this winter.
Born-To MI. and Mrs. Charles McDer-
mott, OF Centerville, December 26, a -.
pound boy. Mother and child are doiso
well. ~
His Ten Wives will be continued in
Saturdays (New Years day. MINER. Be
sure to get a copy OF the paper and keen
Miss Layton, Superintendent Of Schools
a finished a gem Of Il little dwelling on
the Silver Bow road, about a mile from
this office.
DR., Sarchet will 60 to Fish Creek TODAY
where he will deliver the address at the
dedication OF the new-Waterloo-Lodee
A. u: U. w., OF which he is a prominent
member.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

Governor Hauser and Delegate Toole are
gentlemen whose loyalty to their friends
and integrity OF purpose are above success
full attack. And they can well afford to
laugh at the vile but harmless %insinuations
81 one or two Republican sheets that they
secretly used their influence with the Presi
dent to ignore Major Maginnis' claims to
the governorship. OF Montana. The charge
is not entertained for a moment by those
who know Messrs. Hauser and Toole.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

President Cleveland would simplify mat
tiers amazingly by appointing the Inter
Mountain a committee of one to make ap-
pointments to Federal positions in this
Territory. It seems the President doesn't
know half as much about the business as
the Inter Mountain man, if we accept the
latter's own measurement Of his ability to
do up the work in good shape. 1t is just
possible Mr.. Cleveland has never heard of
the Inter Mountain. If SO he has lived in
vain and some kind friend should "put
him on With the appointing power in
the hands of our evening contemporary
peace and good will would reign in the
ranks, though harmony depart
from the Democracy.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
A Deserved Amendment.

John G: Tyler, for a long time known te
mental Line, as we'll as the Territorial
roads, as Chief Clerk at the Ogden Rail
road Hotel, and during recent years The
mainstay of the owner of the Broom Ho
tel. in Ogden, has been appointed Clerk o.
the First j Judicial District Court OF Utah
"John G." is a gentleman of the highest
class, and embodies not only fine qualitca
tions and intelligence. but the suavity and
decency of manner that befit him to fiji
The place gracefully and creditably. Con
eratulations!
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01

The Republican press of the Territory
are just now engaged in pumping tears
ever the inevitable retirement of Judge
Wade from the Supreme bench of the Ter
ritory. Judge Wade is a fairly good man,
and weighs 225 pounds, but the woods are
full of blue-shirted men who would fill
Judge Wade's place on the bench as accept
ably to the people Of Montana, and with
as much honor to themselves as Judge
Wade has filed it. Close up the lachrymal
ducts.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-01
Grand Opera House.

Last night the "Mysteries Of Paris" was
repeated to a pleased audience, the charac'
ters being very well sustained throughout.
Tonight the great society play by Bouci
cault entitled Alike will be given. This
is a play entirely new to Butte theater
goers and ought to draw a big house.
"Alixe" will be given also on Friday even
ing. This afternoon at 2 p. m. a special
matinee for all the children of the city and
vicinity will be given when MAY Blossom
will be performed. On Saturday night
New Years. the great American play by
Augustin DAILY Under the Gaslight" with
new scenery and mechanical effects will be
the attraction. Reserve yonr seats at
Grix'a.